Improved mop-head



waited gtett @tutti A @Milice HE'ZEKIAH- DODGE, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No.^101,716, dated April 12, 1870; afntedated April 4, 1870.

IMPROVE!) MOP-HEAD.

vThe Schedule referred t in these Letten Patent and making part of the same.

To all Iwhom it 'may concern:

B it known that I, HEZEKIAH DODGE, of Albany city nd county, andv State of New York, have invented anew and improved Mop-Head, or simple device for holding mop-cloths and wringing the same; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art, whom I may authorize, to make `andy use my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this speciiicatiou.

This invention relates to a new and improved mophead, whereby the mop cloth is with unusual eas'e-iuserted or removed.

1n the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is the butt of the mop-handle of a peculiar shape.'

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the interior of the cleft mop-head hinged together.

Figure 3, a. sectional view, or the interior of one of the cleft halves of the mop-head.

Figure 4, a perspective view of the improvement as in actual use.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the mop-handle.

B, the cleft mop-head hinged together.

- AC is the cleft-tube of the mop-head. This tube receives the mop-handle A.

D is the bag-like mop-cloth with the butt oi the mop-handle pushed down and twisted round in it, so as to wring out the water.

E is a. catch to keep the mop-handle up when scrubbng, 'and when it is not used for wringing the mopcloth.

f and f are simplehinges of leather or other material that hinge the' cleft mop-head together.

l construct the mop-head B B, fig. 2, of two pieces of wood, or of any other suitable material, and hinge them together, and slide it down upon and clasp it on the mop-handle A, much as shown in drawings.

In operating, to attach a mop cloth, I open the cleft mop-head as at B B, fig. 2, insert theen'ds of the cloth and closing the mop-head, clasp it tight, holding it fast. By pushing the mop-handle down 'into the bag bf the cloth and twisting it, the cloth may be wrung as at D, iig. 4..

The invention combines simplicity land cheapness; a mop cloth can be attached'or removed in a minut-e.

What I claim, as my improvement in mop-heads, 1s-

'lhe construction ofthe head B, in combination with the handle A, as shown and described.-

HEZEKIAH DODGE.

Witnesses:

V. CoLvlN, A. J'. CoLviS. 

